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From: Bob White <rlwhite@comcast.net>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Break-In?
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Hi Jim,

The Mazda unit is a small float that activates a magnetic switch.  It
goes into the side of the pan with an O-ring seal, and seems to be
surrounded internally with a baffle.  It's probably not worth
considering converting to Lycoming use.  Besides it sells for Lycoming
prices anyway.  You could probably make something like the
Skinny-Dipper probe Jesse found for less money.

Bob W.


On Tue, 01 Nov 2005 09:08:31 -0600
Jim Sower <canarder@frontiernet.net> wrote:

> True enough. But if it's reliable and sufficiently generic, it might 
> serve Lycoming owners (of which, sadly, I am one) well. As you are 
> probably aware, one of the more interesting features of Lycs is the 
> front seal, which has a nasty habit of "falling out" at irregular 
> intervals for reasons best known to itself (most recent example: just a 
> few hours TTSN). Major thread around that on the Cozy list as we speak. 
> The problem is aggravated with pushers since we have no way to detect 
> the failure until the oil pressure goes to zero, and that's pretty late 
> in the game.
> 
> What's it look like? How does it work? How is it installed? ... Jim S.
> 
>
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